A face-centred-cubic lattice is a common structure, but one in which the constituent elements are spheres made of concentric layers of aluminium, strontium, bismuth and oxygen atoms is an unexpected discovery with unique potential.
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Férey, G. Russian-doll fuller oxides. Nature Mater 3, 205–206 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1098
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